Species Pseudomys australis J.E. Gray, 1832

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Species Pseudomys australis J.E. Gray, 1832

Plains Rat

Pseudomys australis Gray, J.E. 1832. Characters of a new genus of Mammalia, and of a new genus and two new species of lizards, from New Holland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39-40 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [436]] [39].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 84.411 (=232a) skin & skull, SW side of Liverpool Plains, NSW (swampy sandy grounds).
Mus lineolatus Gould, J. 1845. Descriptions of five new species of mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 77-79 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]] [77].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 58.11.24.4 ♂ skin & skull, open plains, Darling Downs, QLD (as NSW).
Hapalotis murinus Gould, J. 1845. Descriptions of five new species of mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 77-79 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]] [78].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 53.10.22.4 & 54.10.21.8 skin (53.10.22.4) & skull (54.10.21.8) (BMNH 54.10.21.8 skull), Liverpool Plains, NSW (as plains near the Namoi, NSW by Gould, J. (1845). loc. cit.).
Type locality references:
Gould, J. 1853. Remarks on the genus Hapalotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851: 126-127 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 439]] [127].
Pseudomys (Pseudomys) minnie Troughton, E. le G. 1932. On five new rats of the genus Pseudomys. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 287-294 [287].
Type data:
Holotype AM M5192 ♂ skin & skull (the registration number, AM M5195, recorded for the holotype by Troughton, op. cit. is incorrect), Minnie Downs Station, Northern-eastern corner, SA.
Pseudomys minnie flavescens Troughton, E. le G. 1936. Descriptions of new rats and mice from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 14-22 [19].
Type data:
Holotype AM M6004 ♂ skin & skull, timbered sand ridge country, Barcarolle Station, 135 miles S of Longreach, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [172]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Thought to be extinct in NSW, but recently rediscovered (Leggett et al. 2018)

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)